Tag: United Nations

Saturday, August 7th 2010 - 05:44 UTC
UN/Ecuador agree on trust fund to protect bio-diversity from oil industry

The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and Ecuador have reached agreement to set up a trust fund to protect an ecological site in an oil-rich area of the South American country’s Amazon region.
Monday, August 2nd 2010 - 05:55 UTC
Global pact banning cluster munitions comes into force

United Nations officials have expressed their delight at Sunday’s entry into force of the international convention banning the manufacture, use and stockpiling of cluster munitions, calling it a “major advance for the global disarmament and humanitarian agendas.”
Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:43 UTC
UN General Assembly declare access to clean water a human right

Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights, the General Assembly declared Wednesday, voicing deep concern that almost 900 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:50 UTC
US dollar should be replaced by a more stable system, says UN report

The US dollar is an unreliable international currency and should be replaced by a more stable system, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in a report released Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 29th 2010 - 05:09 UTC
Lion’s share of the drugs business goes to final distributors, says UN expert

The lion’s share (85%) of the gross profits from the cocaine business between South America and the United States ends in the wholesale and retail distribution network in the US according to Antonio Luigi Mazzitelli, head of the UN office on Drugs and Crime for Mexico and Central America.
Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 05:27 UTC
Timnerman underlines Beijing’s support in UN Falklands’ presentation

Argentina’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said that China expressed “strong support” for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and other South Atlantic islands, but was disappointed by the bias coverage of the Buenos Aires press.
Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 22:50 UTC
Timerman reaffirms Argentina’s ““unrenounceable” Falklands/Malvinas claim

The United Nations Decolonisation Committee unanimously approved a resolution calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to ensure the dialogue process and resume negotiations for a peaceful solution to the Falklands/Malvinas question.
Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 21:41 UTC
“C24 needs to decide what is more important: politics or human rights”

The people of the Falkland Islands do not want to become part of Argentina and by pursuing its sovereignty claim “Argentina is seeking to colonise the people of the Falkland Islands”, said Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly Member Emma Edwards before the UN Decolonization Committee.
Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:45 UTC
UN reports advances in cutting extreme poverty

The United Nations Secretary-General said Wednesday that despite the international food, fuel and financial crises, there has been progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, of cutting extreme poverty in half by 2015.
Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 - 04:50 UTC
Timerman at the UN to deal with the Malvinas “anachronistic colonial issue”

Argentina’s newly appointed Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman confirmed Tuesday he will be present next Thursday/Friday at the United Nations when the Decolonization Committee addresses the “anachronistic colonial issue of the Malvinas Islands”